Section 3.1
Identify the reason why most people came to America
A. Economic opportunity B. Religious Freedom
C. Free Farmland D. Avoid financial persecution
Religious Freedom
Identify the country that Prince Henry the Navigator explored for?
A. England B. France
C. Spain D. Portugal
D. Portugal
What is the definition of pilgrim?
A. The group of people who came to America
B Someone who moves from place to place in search of food
C. Someone who goes on a religious journey
D. Someone who explores a new land in search of food and wealth
C. Someone who goes on a religious journey
Identify the Native American Tribe Pocahontas belonged to
A. Powhatan
B. Naggassett
C. Algonquian
D.Mohequin
A. Powhatan
Who founded the colony of Connecticut?
A. Roger Williams B. Thomas Hooker
C. James Wheelwright D. John Smith
B. Thomas Hooker
Identify the name of the first English colony in America
A. Jamestown B. Boston
C. Roanoke D. Massachusetts
Roanoke
Who was the explorer who rounded the Cape of Good Hope first
A. Bartolomeu Dias B. Christopher Columbus
C. Marco Polo D. Hernando Cortez
A. Bartolomeu Dias
What was the importance of the Mayflower Compact?
A. Was the first Constitution written in America
B. Was a key step in development of a democratic government
C. Was the first written agreement between America and
Europe setting up trade routes
D. Was the first written document setting up the colonies for England
B. Was a key step in the development of a democratic government (How?)
Identify the crop that saved Jamestown
A. Cotton
B. Maize
C. Indigo
D. Tobacco
D. Tobacco
New Hampshire was founded on the principal of religious freedom
A. True B. False
B. False
Identify the leader of the first English settlement in America
A. John White B. John Smith
C. John Williams D. Jon Wilkes Booth
John White
Identify the explorer who discovered a trade route to Asia?
A. Bartolomeu Dias B. Marco Polo
C. Vasco da Gama D. Christopher Columbus
C. Vasco da Gama
Identify the importance of the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
A. The first written Constitution in America
B. The first treaty written between the Native Americans and the Colonists
C. The first written declaration of war between the colonies
D. The first written example of the rights the colonists wanted from England
A. the first written Constitution in America
Identify the importance of the House of Burgesses?
A. The first form of organized government in America
B. The first form of political parties in America
C. The first form of legislative government elected by the colonists
D. The first form of Governors in America
C. The first form of legislative government elected by the colonists
Identify the colony the Puritans created
A. Virginia B. Georgia
C. Massachusetts D. Rhode Island
C. Massachusetts
Over 150 years the population of the English colonies grew from 350 people in 1610
to how many in 1760
A. 1 million B 2 million
C. 2.5 million D. 1.5 million
D. 1.5 million
Identify the year Christopher Columbus discovered the West Indes
A. 1776 B. 1972
C. 1865 D. 1492
D. 1492
Rhode Island is the first colony founded on this principle (idea)
A. Religious Tolerance B Religious Freedom
C. Puritianism D. Dissention
B. Religious Freedom
Identify the reason why the first English settlers came to America
A. Religious Freedom B. Wealth and prosperity
C. Religious Tolerance D. To start a new government
B. Wealth and prosperity
Identify which colony was not a New England Colony
A. Connecticut B. Rhode Island
C. New Hampshire D. Delaware
D. Delaware
Which country was the first to start colonizing the Americas?
A. England B. Spain
C. France D. French
B. Spain
Identify the European explore America was named after
A. Christopher Columbus B Leonardo da Vinci
C. Amerigo Vespucci D. Henry Hudson
C. Amerigo Vespucci
Identify the result of King Phillip's War
A. King Phillip was killed in battle
B. Treaty was signed between the colonists and
Native American enabling us t have the first Thanksgiving
C. The Iroquois Nation was forced to move to the other side of the Appalachian mountains
D. Native Americans lost the battle and were forced to relocate in the trail of tears
C. The Iroquois Nation was forced to move to the other side of the Appalachian mountains
What is the definition of a charter?
A. An official document that granted the right to form a government
B. An official document that granted the right to form a new business
C. An official document that granted the right to form a colony
D. An official focument that granted the right to build housed
C. An official document that granted the right to form a colony
Identify who the first governor of the Massachusetts colony was
A. John Winthrop B. Roger Williams
C. John Smith D, James Williamson
A. John Winthrop